Dina Coverstone stepped out of the classroom at the beginning of the school year and had what she termed as an eye opening and learning experience. Due to a generous financial gift from the Laudeman family, Coverstone became an instructional coach for teachers at Syracuse Elementary School. During Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee …read more.

The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter is hosting several free education programs at Kosciusko Community Senior Services, located at 800 N. Park Ave., Warsaw. The Association will host “Know the 10 Signs” from 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, March 16. This is an introductory program that provides attendees with an understanding of the difference between age-related memory …read more.

The State of Indiana announced that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services have approved renewal of the Healthy Indiana Plan. News of the approval came Friday evening. “This decision by the federal government to renew our current Healthy Indiana Plan is welcome news and will bring certainty to the more than 60,000 Hoosiers who …read more.

Fort Wayne – UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company (NYSE: UNH), and Parkview Health have agreed to a new multi-year agreement that gives United Healthcare’s Commercial and Medicare Advantage Complete Choice members uninterrupted in-network coverage from United Healthcare at each of Parkview’s hospitals, physician’s offices, walk-in clinics and for all services provided by Parkview throughout northeast …read more.

Learn about the New Health Insurance Marketplace in one of two informational meetings at the Nappanee Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan 22. Patty Halling, a state and federally-certified navigator will lead a presentation that will help individuals understand the Affordable Care Act, their health coverage options and …read more.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department detectives are warning citizens of yet another local telephone scam. Officers have recently received at least three reported incidents of local citizens being contacted by alleged “Medicare” representatives via telephone. The caller apparently attempts to retrieve personal information from the victims by various forms of tactics, even stating to some …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The government says Indiana seniors and people with disabilities in the Medicare “doughnut hole” coverage gap have saved $93.5 million on prescription drugs since 2010 under the federal health care overhaul. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says that includes Indiana savings of $10 million through the first five months of …read more.